Lee Hsin (; 16 July 1953 – 28 September 2017) was a Taiwanese politician who served on the

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from 1998 to his death in 2017. He could speak fluent

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and

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Political career

In 1993, he followed

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from the

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to the New Party. In 1996, Lee was elected to the

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. Lee joined the 2006 campaign led by

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which attempted to force the resignation of President

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. In 2008, he rejoined to the

. In 2015, Lee expressed interest in running for the Kuomintang chairmanship, but his candidacy, and that of four others, was rejected.

2016 KMT chairmanship election

The next year, he launched another bid for the party leadership, finishing third in a field of four candidates with 7,604 votes. He was a member of both the New Party and People First Party, and later joined the

Personal life

Death

On 28 September 2017, Lee died from jumping out of his apartment building in

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, Taiwan. He was 64.

References

1953 births 2017 deaths Kuomintang politicians in Taiwan Taipei City Councilors National Chung Hsing University alumni National Taiwan University alumni National Chengchi University alumni People First Party (Taiwan) politicians New Party (Taiwan) politicians Taiwanese politicians who committed suicide Suicides by jumping in Taiwan {{Taiwan-KMT-politician-stub